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Nehemiah 4:7

King James Version (KJV)

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Nehemiah 4:7

Verse 7 of 23

Scripture focus

But it came to pass, [that] when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

Nehemiah 4:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 4:7

Theological / Devotional

The Arabians. Three neighboring nations now ally themselves with the Samaritans against the Jews. The Arabians were led into the alliance by Geshem (Neh. 2:19), and the Ammonites by Tobiah (Neh. 2:10). The inhabitants of the city and vicinity of Ashdod, in the coast district of Philistia, were perhaps encouraged by Sanballat of Samaria to renew their ancient hatred of Judah.

That the walls. The clause thus introduced reads literally “that there came up a healing on the walls of Jerusalem.” The picture is of the new flesh that grows on a wound as it heals.

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